As we come off our first
Long Course Meters (LCM) meet of the season, we also start the
final month of the Spring Quarter. Even though the
school year is coming to an end and this quarter ends May
31st that does not mean that the MCDA Swim Team
concludes! We are a full year round USA Swimming
Club. Our practice schedule will continue and we will
continue to enter swim meets as we prepare for LCM – Area 3
Championships, Junior Olympics (or JO’s), Senior
Championships and Speedo Sectionals. All of these very
significant meets will take place in July. I fully expect
that all families will be taking some down time to travel and
reconnect after a busy school year. You all deserve to have a
little family fun time. But we are still going to be here
plugging away, through June and July and hope that you are with
us.

Our plan for the summer
is to work hard, have fun and swim fast, but also to make sure we
take a break. As I had mentioned in an earlier Weekly Update,
that the down time or break from swimming is extremely important
both physically and mentally. We will be breaking the first
two weeks of August. I know that this schedule
doesn’t work for everyone, but if you are still trying to
figure out your summer plans…..plan on being with us for
June and July. Also please make sure that the coaching staff
is aware of your intentions for your summer commitment; ie summer
camp (either day camp or sleep away), swim camp, vacations or
anything else that would cause you to be absent from practices over
the summer.

Just so you are all
aware and prepared, during the summer months we change everyone
over to a monthly billing cycle. We do this to try and be
more accommodating to our families who might be traveling.
But unlike most teams here in Miami, during the rest of the year we
bill on a quarterly cycle (September 1, December 1, & March
1). Many people ask me why we are opposing the trend of
continuing the monthly fee. And the answer is simple; here at
MCDA we are looking for the commitment to the future. We are,
in a very small gesture, continuing to create culture that believes
in the process. We want the entire family to “buy
in” to what we are doing. The quarterly billing cycle
allows us to find like-minded people who are looking at what we are
doing and fully buy into that ideology of TEAM and LONG TERM
GOALS.

If you were with us in
the Keys this weekend, you would see that we are team that is about
racing and going fast, but also a team that’s aim is to
create a great environment for all the swimmers to succeed.
Those relationships and bonds that the athletes are creating with
each other are so important. Different ages, different
schools, different personalities but all able to get behind one
another and work towards a common goal is very special. To
quote a line from the movie Miracle (which is a GREAT movie about
the 1980 USA Hockey Team) “The name on the front of the
jersey is more important than the one on the
back.”

2018 Jon
Olsen Gold Medal Invitational

In our first meet LCM
meet of the year our kids were ready for the challenge!
Coming off a really good SCY meet there were some nervous swimmers,
parents and coaches as well…would they be ready for the
change in pool? With 17 swimmers competing we had 100 new
Lifetime Bests (LTB) of 114 swims (88%). I’d say we
were ready! The swimmers who participated were: Franco
Betancourt, Mateo Scheingoltz, Lilly Scheingoltz, Zubin Kamlani,
Evan Wilson, Belinda Muzii, Brianna Ray, Madison Castro, Megan
Shein, Dilhan Flores, Beverley Muzii, Gianfranco Key, Giovanna Key,
Liesel Alfonso, Kaya Martin, Anthony Rodriguez, Ben Wilson.
They all did a great job! Here is the breakdown by training
group:

Pathways
– 0 swimmers – 0 new
LTB

Bronze
– 1 swimmer – 4 new
LTB’s

Silver
– 3 swimmers – 18 new
LTB’s

Gold
– 0 swimmers – 0 new
LTB’s

Sr. Development
– 5 swimmers – 18 new
LTB’s

Sr. Elite –
8 swimmers – 45 new
LTB’s

Congratulations to
the Sr. Elite Group for having the most
signups and the most Lifetime Bests!

We also
had 25 New Club Records.
Congratulations to:

BelindaMuzii (10)
9-10 50 Free:35.43

9-10 100
Free 1:14.86

9-10 200
Free 2:36.35

9-10 400
Free 5:29.75

9-10 100
Back1:31.39

9-10 50
Breast :49.58

9-10 100
Breast 1:48.06

9-10 100
Fly 1:30.72

9-10 200
IM 3:03.50

Brianna Ray (12)11-12100 Fly1:25.15

Evan Wilson
(12) 11-12 50
Free:30.82

11-12 100
Back 1:21.04

11-12 200
IM 2:54.48

Beverly Muzii
(14) 13-14 200
Free2:25.55

13-14400
Free5:08.57

13-14 100
Breast 1:27.65

Liesel Alfonso
(15) 15-16 200
Free2:32.28

15-16 400
Free 5:16.86

Kaya Martin
(15) 15-16 50
Back:37.05

15-16 100
Back 1:26.35

Ben Wilson (16)15-16 50 Fly:25.82

15-16 100
Back 1:08.46

Open Girls 200 Free
Relay - Alfonso,
Muzii, Martin,
Key
2:05.78

Open Girls 200 Medley
Relay - Martin,
Muzii, Key, Alfonso
2:20.79

Open Boys 200 Medley
Relay - Wilson, Key,
Rodriguez,
Flores2:07.09

The results are already
posted on the website.

SUMMER
SWIMMING

MCDA continues to
practice all summer long. Our practice schedule will change
slightly. Starting on June 4th, there will no longer be
an earlier practice time offered. Our only practice time will
be the 4:30 practice. All swimmers are encouraged to check
with their lead coach to see what practices, and how many practices
per week they should be training.